Places nessie619 Wants to Go

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.